Tropical Storm Rina forms in northwestern Caribbean Sea

Tropical Storm Rina, which has maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph, has formed over the northwestern Caribbean Sea on Sunday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Rina, which is about 450 miles southeast of Cancun, Mexico, and about 730 miles south-southwest of West Palm Beach, is moving north-northwest at about 8 mph.
The NHC predicts the center of Rina to stay on a general northwestern path before taking a turn toward the north and the Yucatan Peninsula sometime Thursday, when forecasters say they expect the storm to become a hurricane, though that remains at the far end of the five-day forecast.
Tropical-storm force winds extend about 70 miles from the storm’s center, primarily on Rina’s western side.
The storm is expected to produce about 2-4 inches of rain over Central America, with a chance of isolated amounts of 7 inches, according to forecasters.